[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47583-47585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22317]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

September 10, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other

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Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following 
information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Commission, including whether the information 
shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's 
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before November 16, 2009. If you anticipate that you 
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within 
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via internet at 
[email protected] and to [email protected], 
Federal Communications Commission, and an e-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0531.
    Title: Part 101 Rules for Local Multipoint Distribution Service 
(LMDS), Multiple Address System (MAS) and 24 GHz Services.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,474 respondents; 1,474 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once every ten years.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. Sections 151, 154(i), 301, 303(f), 303(g), 303(r), 307, 308, 
309, 310 and 316.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,261 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $368,900.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality. Respondents may request materials or information 
submitted to the Commission be withheld from public inspection under 47 
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60 
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance 
from them. The Commission is requesting approval of a revision of this 
information collection.
    The reason for the revision is that the Commission is consolidating 
information collections (ICs) previously approved by the OMB. They were 
OMB Control Numbers 3060-0947 (Section 101.1327) and 3060-0963 
(Sections 101.527 and 101.529). Those ICs were discontinued because it 
was found that the reporting requirements contained in those rule 
sections would not be reported until the year 2010 (when the 10 year 
license renewal term is expiring). Therefore, all these reporting 
requirements are now being consolidated into this OMB control number 
3060-0531. The information required by Sections 101.527, 101.529, 
101.1011, 101.1325, and 101.1327 of the Commission's rules is used to 
determine whether an applicant for renewal of a Local Multipoint 
Distribution Service (LMDS), Multiple Address System (MAS) or 24 GHz 
Service license has complied with the requirement to provide 
substantial service by the end of the ten-year license term.
    The FCC uses this information to determine whether the applicant's 
license will be renewed at the end of the license period. The 
information requested pursuant to Section 101.103 (originally approved 
under OMB Control Number 3060-0531) of the Commission's rules is used 
by the FCC staff in carrying out its duties to determine the technical, 
legal and other qualifications of applicants to operate and remain 
licensees to operate a station in the LMDS. Specifically, the frequency 
coordination information requested by Section 101.103 is necessary to 
facilitate the rendition of communication services on an interference-
free basis in each service area. The frequency coordination procedures 
ensure that LMDS applicants and licensees have the information 
necessary to cooperate in the selection and use of frequencies assigned 
in order to minimize interference and thereby obtain the most effective 
use of the spectrum. The information is also necessary for the 
Commission staff to resolve interference conflicts that cannot be 
settled between or among the affected applicants and licensees. Please 
note that none of the rule sections have been modified or changed. The 
Commission is simply revising this collection to include the renewal 
requirements previously approved under OMB Control Numbers 3060-0947 
and 3060-0963.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0270.
    Title: Section 90.443, Content of Station Records.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions and state, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 65,295 respondents; 65,295 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. Section 309(j).
    Total Annual Burden: 16,324 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is a need for 
confidentiality with respect to all Private Land Mobile Radio Service 
(PLMRS) filers in this collection. Pursuant to Section 208(b) of the E-
Government Act of 2002, 44 US.C. 3501, in conformance with the Privacy 
Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
(Bureau) instructs licensees to use the FCC's Universal Licensing 
System (ULS), Antenna Structure Registration (ASR), Commission 
Registration System (CORES) and related systems and subsystems to 
submit information. CORES is used to receive a FCC Registration Number 
(FRN) and password, after which one must register all current call sign 
and ASR numbers associated with a FRN within the Bureau's system of 
records (ULS database). Although ULS stores all information pertaining 
to the individual license via the FRN, confidential information is 
accessible only by persons or entities that hold the password for each 
account, and the Bureau's Licensing Division staff. Upon the request of 
a FRN, the individual licensee is consenting to make publicly 
available, via the ULS database, all

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information that is not confidential in nature.
    Information on PLMRS licensees is maintained in the Commission's 
system of records, FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services Licensing Records''. 
The licensee records will be publicly available and routinely used in 
accordance with subsection (b) of the Privacy Act. FRN numbers and 
material which is afforded confidential treatment pursuant to a request 
made under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules will not be available 
for public inspection. Any personally identifiable information (PII) 
that individual applicants provide is covered by a system of records, 
FCC/WTB-1, and these and all other records may be disclosed pursuant to 
Routine Uses as stated in this system of records notice.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60 
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance 
from them. The Commission is requesting approval of an extension of 
this information collection. The Commission is also reporting a 
significant increase in the total annual burden hours (+11,559 hours) 
due to an increase in respondents/responses. Therefore, the Commission 
has adjusted these estimates to report more accurate information to the 
OMB. Each licensee in the Private Land Mobile Radio Service (PLMRS) 
service must comply with the recordkeeping requirements of 47 CFR 
90.443 of the Commission's rules. Specifically, paragraph (b) of that 
rule section requires that the dates and pertinent details of any 
maintenance performed on station equipment, and the name and address of 
the service technician who did the work be entered in the station 
records. These records will reflect whether or not maintenance of the 
licensee's equipment has been performed.
    The maintenance records may be used by the licensee or Commission 
field personnel to note any recurring equipment problems or conditions 
that may lead to degraded equipment performance and/or interference 
generation. Tower lighting records are required to ensure that the 
licensee is aware of the tower light condition and proper operation, in 
order to prevent and/or correct any hazards to air navigation.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1127.
    Title: First Responder Emergency Contact Information in the 
Universal Licensing System (ULS).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 133,095 respondents; 133,095 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. Section 154(i)
    Total Annual Burden: 36,601 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: To protect the identities and 
locations of key first responder communications personnel, the 
Commission will treat emergency contact information submitted into ULS 
as confidential and will not make such information publicly available. 
The contact information submitted into ULS by public safety licensees 
and non-public safety licensees designated as emergency first 
responders will be available only to Commission staff. Interested 
licensees should file their operational point of contact information in 
ULS in the form of a confidential pleading.
    To protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the 
emergency contact information submitted in this collection, the 
Commission will provide the information assurance services it currently 
provides to encrypt and store sensitive information.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting approval of an 
extension of this information collection. The Commission sought and 
received emergency OMB approval of this information collection on 
September 3, 2009. The Commission will submit this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60 
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance 
from them.
    The Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau 
(Bureau) enhanced the existing Universal Licensing System (ULS) to 
collect operational point of contact information from public safety 
licensees and non-public safety licensees designated as emergency first 
responders responsible for coordinating with state, county and local 
authorities during times of emergency. The process of procuring and 
maintaining spectrum using the ULS remains intact and requires no 
additional training for licensees to participate in this voluntary 
collection. This enhancement to ULS to collect emergency point of 
contact information will enable Commission staff to more effectively 
provide immediate assistance and outreach to licensees during times of 
emergency. Using this information, the Bureau will be able to 
coordinate among licensees in given geographic areas to make more 
wireless radio service available to emergency first responders and 
emergency operations. The Bureau deployed these enhancements upon 
receipt of OMB approval for the emergency request.
    Public safety licensees designated as emergency first responders 
operating pursuant to Part 90 rules should identify the following 
information regarding the operational point of contact for the Licensee 
directly responsible for coordinating with the state, county, and/or 
local emergency authorities: (a) Name and title; (b) office telephone 
number; (c) mobile telephone number; and (4) e-mail address.
    The Bureau will issue a Public Notice with step-by-step 
instructions on how to use the enhanced features made available to 
licensees to provide this information.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-22317 Filed 9-15-09; 8:45 am]
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